könnte

Meaning

first/third-person singular subjunctive II of können

might

could

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkœntə/

New

können

(auxiliary,participle,past,preterite-present) to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can.
(intransitive,participle,past,preterite-present) to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can.
(participle,past,preterite-present,transitive) to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can.
(colloquial,intransitive,negative,preterite-present,regional) to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can.
(auxiliary,informal,participle,past,preterite-present) to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can.
(auxiliary,participle,past,preterite-present) to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can.

Bookmark this

Improve your pronunciation

Arrow pointing to the button

German

Start learning German with learnfeliz.

Practice speaking and memorizing "könnte" and many other words and sentences in German.

Go to our German course page

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes

Sentences

Das könnte ich auch .

I could so.

Wir wissen alle , wie wichtig dies sein könnte .

We all know how important this could be.

Die könnte ein
1

andermal geführt werden .

It could be conducted another time.

Was könnte sie
👩

im Bereich der Menschenrechte lernen ?

What could it learn about human rights?

So könnte der Präsident der Bank beispielsweise an
🔛

unseren Sitzungen teilnehmen .

It should, for example, be possible to welcome the chairman of the bank to our meetings.

Der Behälter könnte unter dem Druck zerbersten .

The container could burst under the pressure.

Questions